{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arrangements-for-placement-of-children-general-regulations-1991/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arrangements-for-placement-of-children-general-regulations-1991/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/890",
  "legislation_title": "Arrangements for Placement of Children (General) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arrangements-for-placement-of-children-general-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Establishment of records",
  "text": "(1) A responsible authority shall establish, if one is not already inexistence, a written case record in respect of each child whom itplaces.\n(2) The record shall include—\n(a) a copy of the arrangements referred to in regulation 3;\n(b) a copy of any written report in its possession concerning thewelfare of the child;\n(c) a copy of any document considered or record established in thecourse of or as a result of a review of the child’s case;\n(d) details of arrangements for contact, of contact orders and of othercourt orders relating to the child; and\n(e) details of any arrangements whereby another person acts on behalf ofthe local authority or organisation which placed the child.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/890/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:46:14.095748+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}